Vive Le Rock - Mutant Moments....

Your recommended reading for this month: the most rock 'n' roll mag on the shelves Vive Le Rock

From me, you've got a meet The Mutants feature, catching up  with Chris Constantinou about the band and how the Mutie co-conspirators were recruited. Also an interview with Wilko on how the MC5 changed his life..

Reviews-wise Ian McLagen's newbie and a Wilko Johnson double-barrel best of are under the spotlight as well also Barry Cain's Wet Dreams, Dry Lives.

Other nuggets between the covers include the Eight Rounds Rapid album reviewed. interviews with Bob Mould, the Bunnymen, Neville Staples, Sisters of Mercy and the Bermondsey Joyriders.


Available at WHSmith and all in the know newsagents...

Podrophenia the Food edition - in two flavours

Come On in Our Kitchen...

Behold the latest Podrophenia is now up for download.

We've got Steve from Steve's Salt Beef bar in giving us the history of this brisket based treat, a pop in from sharp-shooting photographer - Paul Hughes and 12 food themed tunes that are so more-ish you'll come back for seconds... But how two flavours? Piley provides you with a meat-feast menu, while I offer a veggie option..

It's available for free as an mp3 DL here, from the SFOB site, or via iTunes

And, you can even stream below...

Podrophenia - the food edition. All you can eat from 8PM tonight...

 

  Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy - pastrami on rye on our trip to Carnegie Deli 2012

After a two month absence (holidays, DJing) I’m back in the Podrophonic saddle with Pal Piley tonight. So, what’s the theme for June’s tunes – 'Food', and joining us in the SFOB Crow’s Nest for a taste test, Steve from the Steve's Salt Beef Bar, serving the area’s finest Salt Beef say those in the know…

Also onboard official Podrophenia photographer Paul Hughes, there to snap the action for a future feature… I’ll be going for a veggie (p’raps piscatorian) option, with a menu that may include blackberries, catfish, apples, beer, marmalade.

We’re serving up from 8pm at Ship full of Bombs HQ – swing buy and fill your boots at the buffet..

You can grab the last issue of Podrophenia - hereabouts.. or via iTunes...

A couple from the À la carte options

Art and about

It's that time of year when Southend's answer to St Ives - Leigh on Sea, puts on a parade of the finest artistic talent from in and outside of the area with its Art Trail. Taking a polite ramble around the upper regions of SS9, The Broadway, Leigh Road, or down to to the Old Town, you can tick off a list of thirty six artists displaying at twenty three venues - shops, cafes and bars. From dynamic ceramics to local musician themed coasters on sale at Micky Denny's improv Record Shop.. which, will be host to a few in-store performances on Saturday 14th June...

Grab your guide to the LAT hereabouts...

For earthier entertainment of a Saturday night, at Southend's most musical boozer - The Railway, there's a double fisted ding-dong of Thames Delta dynamite and London garage a go-go..

In the Essex corner: Bif Bam Pow return the The Railway for their first gig since, booming the roof off in their pre-season friendly with the Len Price 3 (match report here at The Retroman Blog).

In the Capital Corner: Londiniums Sonic Jewels head the up the bill. Described as 'Hendrix, MC5 and The Stooges whilst giving a nod of approval to 70's Glam Rock'

In between and after these two sets of tear-aways -I'll be pitching simpatico sounds into a strictly non playlisted run of whatever-fits-the-mood-tunes....

A couple roaring hits of late have included..






It all starts 8:30pm Southend Central Time. Come on down and shake whatever wobbles....